Stanford University
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center (DERC)
Pilot/Feasibility Studies
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Internal Deadline: May 4, 2009
(see application procedure below)
Amount of Funding:
Applicants may request up to $50,000 in direct costs for one or two year duration of the administrative supplements under this program.
Most Pilot and Feasibility Projects will be a one-year project and continuation of a project beyond its first year will be contingent upon the success of the previous year
Contact information all applicants:
Dr. Fredric Kraemer, Division of Endocrinology, at fbk@stanford.edu.
Program Description:
The Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center (Stanford DERC) is soliciting new Pilot and Feasibility Projects. ÊThe focus of the Stanford DERC Pilot and Feasibility Program is to provide seed funds to help develop new investigators as well as support innovative and/or high-risk proposals from more senior investigators involved in diabetes related research.
This program will be submitted for funding through an NIH/NIDDK P30 grant. The approved Pilot and Feasibility Project proposals will be part of the application submitted to the NIH this summer.
Eligibility:
Any Stanford or VA investigator with an M.D., a Ph.D., or both degrees is eligible. The applicant must have at least two years of full-time laboratory/clinical research experience after receiving the advanced degree. Applications from established investigators are also encouraged.
Preference will be given to:
1) younger investigators (e.g. advanced postdoctoral fellow or Instructor with a sponsor [note: "Clinical Instructors" are not eligible] or an Assistant Professor [note: Clinical Educator Line faculty are not eligible] who have a high potential for extramural funding in the near future and to become independent investigators;
2) applications that focus on translational studies of diabetes prevention and control; and
3) applications that involve a collaborative component between the laboratories of established diabetes investigators.
All applications, regardless of relationship to the Stanford DERC, will undergo the same level of scrutiny before being identified as an appropriate Pilot and Feasibility Project.
Application Procedure:
Deadline: Monday, May 4, 2009
Applicants should submit:
An electronic copy of the following as Word documents in an e-mail attachment to Dr. Kraemer at fbk@stanford.edu
An SU-42 form is not required.
1. Title page with the following information:
---Project title
---project leader's name, title, department, complete contact information (Faculty Sponsor's name if the project leader is an advanced postdoctoral fellow or instructor)
---co-investigators: names, titles, department affiliation, complete contact information
2. up to 5 page description of proposed research, including the following:
--research plan
--description of research subjects involved (both human or animal)
--description of interdisciplinary characteristics of this project as it utilizes Specialized Resources (the DERC is expected to have a Clinical Human Phenotyping Core, an Immune Monitoring and Bioinformatics Core, an Adipose Tissue Core, and an Islet and Pancreatic Progenitor Core)
--explanation of how the proposed research fits into Diabetes related research
(note: illustrations and references are not included in the 5 page limit)
3. Detailed budget for up to $50,000 excluding F&A costs. [Start date: April 1, 2010]
4. Budget justification
5. Biosketch (NIH format) for the Project Leader and Co-Investigators
6. Other Support (also NIH format). Please include both active and pending support.
Selection Process
The Stanford DERC Executive Committee will review and recommend action on all Pilot and Feasibility Project applications.
